Seventh Image

Industrial is not what it once was; gone are the ugly sounds of ruinous nihilistic rage, replaced by prefabricated sterility. While the atavistic gyrate to a covenant of tepid unoriginality, the rotting corpse of the past proves to be a fertile spawning ground for the blackened faithful of the future; those who would carry high the banner of mechanized destruction, visions of murder in their eyes. Burnt into the retina, the Seventh Image. A project that fuses multiple approaches to electronic music... Call it industrial, call it chromatic metal, all that matters is the focused dissonance and voracious fury of the sound. At a time when the vapid are praised, Seventh Image relentlessly bludgeons the psyche with anger and spite- Cold. Hard. Digital black.

Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, this congregation of like-minded individuals stand proud as a gordian knot of ideas that defy the ideological conventions of current electronic music. Seventh Image officially formed in the fall of 1999, however the deeper roots of the band extend as far back as 1995, when keyboard player Andrew Amy first connected with vocalist Keith Durocher to work on an aggressive new industrial sound. Limited material was written before the project was placed on extended hiatus while both Andrew and Keith took time out to work with other bands. Eventually, Keith recruited Jeff LeDrew to fuse industrial and trance, and after swapping several mixes Andrew came into the fold. Thus was the first true iteration of Seventh Image born. The chemistry of the original lineup produced a plethora of material, spearheaded by the Youthenize demo, which brought about a short-lived agreement with Canadian experimentalist label Interdimensional Industries. After an aimicable departure from IDI in the fall of 2001, Seventh Image signed to Seattle-based Syncromesh Productions, releasing the Spinal Agnostic EP, the critically-acclaimed Binary full length debut album, and the limited edition remix album Disfigure. Syncromesh has since ceased operations, leaving the band to work independantly towards completion of the next album. Times have changed the lineup of the band considerably. Jeff has departed, leaving Andrew and Keith to focus on the long-running desire to forge a superior live troupe. Adding Matthew Sheppard on bass and keyboards, Adam Johnson on percussion, and Russell Manten on guitars, as well as an ever more extreme sense of theatrics, Seventh Image are second to none on stage. At a time when the vapid are praised, Seventh Image relentlessly bludgeon the psyche with anger and spite. They stalk the future, malign the inferior, and strive to annihilate preconceptions. "The sound of Seventh Image is hard to compare. ...heavy gabber-like beats, crazy synths that sound like they are being played by someone hopped up on speed, and loud harsh vocal yelling. I really can't think of a negative thing to say about Seventh Image or this release." -Stephan Sodergren, Industrial natioN "...you can expect nothing less than harsh Industrial beats with a bounce from Seventh Image. Raw, gutteral with the 'in your face' attitude of early Industrial but with the more recent 'beat' elements and sonic Noise influence..." -In Rhythmus Bleiben "Makes NUMB sound like Apoptygma Berzerk." -Dj Nik Rofeelya

We play as often as possible, wherever we are booked. More frequently out of town, however. The live experience is entirely why this band exists.

This list would take up far too much room. Our most noticable influence is probably the cult-industrial project known as The Fourth Man.

Alesis GFX Alesis Nanobass Aleisis Quadrasynth Aria ProII Urchin Guitar Boss Overdrive StompBox Casio DG-20 Midi guitar Digidesign Pro-Tools Digitech RP80 Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer Electro-Harmonix Equalizer Electro-Harmonix Memory Man E-Magic Logic Audio Silver Gibson Les Paul Guitar Gibson SB-450 Bass Hamer Cruisebass Ibanez Delay Stompbox Ibanez RG270 Guitar Ibanez Roadstar Korg KP-1 Korg Polysix Lexicon Primetime Delay Propellorheads Reason 2.5 Roland DJ70 Roland Juno 106 Roland JX3P Roland MS-1 Roland S-550 Roland W30 Yamaha A3000 Yamaha A4000 Yamaha CS1X Yamaha CS2X Yamaha DX21 Yamaha REX50 Yamaha SU10 Zoom 505II